GOLDFINCH. 565 



INSESSOBES. FRINGILLID^. 



CONIROSTRES. 



THE GOLDFINCH. 



Carduelis elegans. 



Fringilla cardudis, The Goldfinch, - PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 447. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 195. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 85. 



Carduelis elegans, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol.i. p. 312. 



Fringilla cardudis, JENTNS, Brit. Vert. p. 137. 



Carduelis elegans, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Fringilla cardudis, Gros-bec chardonneret, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 376. 



CARDUELIS. Generic Characters. Beak lengthened, conic, compressed ; 

 the point attenuated and acute ; commissure slightly curved. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, covered by small incumbent plumes. Wings lengthened, 

 pointed ; the first, second, and third quills nearly equal, and longest. Tail 

 moderate, slightly forked. Feet with the middle toe longer than the tarsus, 

 which is equal to the hind toe ; lateral toes short, of equal length; claws 

 slender, curved, and acute. 



THE genus Carduelis was proposed by Brisson for the 

 reception of the Goldfinch, and other allied species, of 



